Secret Santa 2012 - Gifts Received!

Welllll this is a story which equates to a roller coaster one might find in only the finest theme park. I enrolled in Secret Santa 2012 and checked that I wished to ship/receive international packages. I soon thereafter received a anonymous message from my Secret Santa inquiring about a few details concerning cooking & my home kitchen. The next time I heard from my Santa it was to wish me a Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year. Who could ask for a better Santa?!

Seeing as my Santa had to ship international (as did I) I knew that the package might be awhile in arriving. However as the end of 2012 approached I begin to receive incessant emails from RedditGifts asking me to respond one way or the other if I had received my gift. Finally after the last RedditGifts email stating, "This is your last chance to respond!" I, not wanting to be docked potential points, responded that I had yet to receive my gift. Sadly I was unaware that doing so would ban my Santa from RedditGifts!

Fast forward to today, I arrived home to find a package wedged in my mailbox. Slowly working it out, I came to find to my surprise, that it was my Secret Santa gift! After examining the package I realized why it took so long. My Santa shipped the package via Royal Mail from England to me. Somewhere along the way it was "missent" to Australia (HOW DOES THAT HAPPEN?) and then it finally arrived at my house tonight.

Inside the package I found two thoughtfully wrapped gifts with a small note. The first package held a book, Curing & Smoking - Made at Home written by Dick & James Strawbridge. This is something I had been wanting forever. I've been extremely interested in venturing into making charcuterie at home but was clueless on where to begin. Now I have an entire book on how to do so! The second gift contained an apron, which when donned, allows the wearer to view conversions, helpful cooking tips, and other information that is insanely nice to have at the tips of your knees!

These gifts were well worth the wait. Now if only this package could describe the trip it took to get to me. Thank you Secret Santa!

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How thoughtful was that?! I sure hope Reddit lets your SS back in! We need him/her! I rematched with 2, and haven't heard from one, not even responses to my emails. How 'bout it, Reddit? Un-Ban bitsyvonboomboom!!!